AP+English+12+Literature+and+Composition

Welcome to AP English 12 Literature and Composition!
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Here is a copy of the Library of America's Short Story for this week entitled, "The Train" by Flannery O'Connor. Please read the story and then identify a significant literary device that was used by O'Connor to achieve her purpose for the work. Identify that tehnique/device and using CSE compose a short persuasive paragraph that explains HOW it contributes to the quality of the work.



In AP prompt language think of this assignment in the following terms;

//**In a well structured essay explain how Flannery O'Connor's use of [blank] in her short story "The Train", enhances the meaning of her work.**//

I will grade this assignment based on the **//Killer Opening//** of your paragraph, the selection of an appropriate literary device, and the level of explanation used to CSE.

Mrs. Barr's email is vbarr@eyork.k12.pa.us --- if you have questions. My email is jscofield@eyork.k12.pa.us -- if you want to voice any concerns or questions regarding this assignment. I will check my email once on Saturday and again on Sunday.

Don't forget that you have a Major Unit Test on Drama 11/15 and the take-home essay was given to you in class on Friday. If you want to re-read the AP blog discussion that was used as a framework for class on Friday, the weblink for Cy Wood's is listed below: []

I'm itching to award some 8's and 9's for the Drama Essay.....notice I said **AWARD** and not //**GIVE**//. -- You gotta' earn it, baby! :)

REMEMBER: You need to click Login at the top, enter **//eylastname// and your password is your student number.** Then click on the discussion tab at the top and add a new post. Feel free to comment on any other student's paragraph, but I will only be grading your individual paragraph.